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 10/18/2012 10:15:15 AM · #1
Does anyone here works entirely on Linux for all postprocessing?? There are quite a few packages on Linux which are useful, but how do they compare to windows or mac based softwares?? Some of the useful packages on Ubuntu are:-

- shotwell photo manager.
- ufraw for raw conversion.
- neatimage.
- qtpsf for HDR.
- and of course GIMP.

Pl share your views on these and any other good packages available. Some of the windows software can also be installed after installing wine. Anybody tried that?
10/18/2012 10:18:30 AM · #2
Have you tried DarkTable?
It's the Linux version of LightRoom. It's quite good.
 10/18/2012 10:35:21 AM · #3
As I work entirely on Linux I can't say much to Windows and Mac. My son uses Lightroom, and that seems to be a really neat product. I don't think there is a comparable one stop shop in Linux.

I use Darktable for raw files. I find it much more useful than for instance ufraw. I tried rawtherapee at some point, but the version I had kept crashing, I didn't try again since then.

Showphoto for quick rotate/resize of JPEGs

Digicam to get files from camera/flash cards.

GIMP for general editing.
10/18/2012 10:46:56 AM · #4
I use hugin for panoramas,

the rest had already been suggested.

If you need to install windows programs sometimes PlayOnLinux might make your life easier or alternatively having a virtual machine (although at the expense of some performance).

10/18/2012 11:05:33 AM · #5
Thanks for the inputs.

Have you made HDRs in Linux, I dont think I fully understand qtpsf even with its GUI?

Anything for exposure stacking or focus stacking?

I think lightroom can also be installed using wine.
 10/18/2012 12:27:10 PM · #6
Originally posted by avermaa:
Thanks for the inputs.

Have you made HDRs in Linux, I dont think I fully understand qtpsf even with its GUI?

Anything for exposure stacking or focus stacking?

I think lightroom can also be installed using wine.


I haven't tried wine for years.

There is a HDR plug-in for Gimp that you might want to give a try.

I have no idea what to use for focus stacking.
 10/19/2012 02:12:18 AM · #7
You should be able to use Photivo to do RAW processing.

Kevin
 10/20/2012 10:30:33 PM · #8
I'm a Mac user that runs Windows 7 (when necessary) and Ubuntu Linux (just because I can) as virtual machines within OSX. While I like the concept of a free OS (Linux flavors) I don't know why someone would consciously choose to restrict themselves to it. The closest analogy I can think of is vegetarianism (nothing wrong with that, of course, but it makes life harder because of the restriction of choices).
 10/21/2012 04:01:26 AM · #9
Originally posted by plugsnpixels:
While I like the concept of a free OS (Linux flavors) I don't know why someone would consciously choose to restrict themselves to it.


Really?? I can think of 2 obvious reasons. 1, they like it. And 2, it's FREE. If Linux does everything a person needs, the cost savings alone is huge. Consider someone building a new PC, for Photoshop, Lightroom and Windows, that's at least $300. And that's going with Elements, last I checked GIMP was quite a bit better than Elements. Get CS6 instead and you have over $800 invested in software alone. You can have a new L quality lens for that. Add in the cost of some of the PS filters like NIK, and you're into the cost of a car for some people.

I personally stopped using Ubuntu because there always seemed to be at least 1 thing that I'd have to boot back to Windows for. It was Netflix last time I used it. But just like some people prefer Mac, some prefer using Linux, and there's many valid reasons why.
 10/22/2012 02:05:35 AM · #10
Of course if you can work within the "limited" set of apps (many excellent, I know) available for Linux, then you're good at little expense. But as you discovered, there's always something one wants or needs that just isn't available.
 10/22/2012 05:54:22 AM · #11
There's a common misconception about 'free' software. The word doesn't mean 'free' as in zero cost, it means 'free' as in open source. i.e. you're free to modify the code to make it do what you want.

Linux is far from free in terms of cost of ownership. And these days the price of the operating system is absorbed into the hardware cost when you're buying your tablet/laptop/desktop anyway (unless you're in the minority who builds their PC from scratch and has to buy an operating system separately)

Gimp and all that other 'free-cost' software runs on Windows as well, and there are loads of other 'free-cost' apps in the Apple app store.

Personally, I use Linux (Ubuntu) at work all day, as it's very suited to software dev. At home I use OSX mostly, and Windows when I really have to.

And if you're even considering Wine on Linux, then forget about it and just install Windows, it's easier.
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